Deadline or Dateline?

• Aveme

  31 Oct 05, 00:37

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  why do the chinese call nasi lemak nasi lomak? bedok as budok? si-nger-pore as si-ngaaaa-pore?

  correction,not all chinese speak like that, i would say mostly are the older folks who does
• Pitot

  31 Oct 05, 00:39

  M R T as M MAR T
• sinicker

  31 Oct 05, 00:41

  Originally posted by Aveme:

  correction,not all chinese speak like that, i would say mostly are the older folks who does

  ouh ok. just yday i watch a repeat of the show abt undergrads studying abroad.. i 4got the name... the woman said... i didnt watch it ah.. i was just hearing..
  
  "after i graduate, i would like to return to si-ngaaa-pore to work."
  
  that totally woke me up.
  
  moreover, nasi lomak/budok is rampant among my chinese friends. i taught them how to say it and a few days l8r, they go back to nasi lomak/budok.
• coffeeortea

  31 Oct 05, 00:45

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  jus like ppl who say
  "i dun own you anything"......when they mean owe......
  
  there are ppl who dunno when to use "then", when to use "than"

  lets just say, asians with poor english, mainly singaporeans
• mystiv

  31 Oct 05, 00:45

  bring, fetch, send
  
  e.g. I am bringing him to the doctor's because he is quite sick.
  She fetched him to the airport last night.
  He sends his girlfriend home every night.
  
  With reference to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English (1995), the usage of these three words are as follows:
  
  To bring is to take or carry someone or something towards the direction of the person speaking. Hence, you cannot bring someone to the doctor's if you are going with the person. However, you can ask someone to bring you something.
  
  To fetch is to go to another place to get someone or something before bringing it back. Therefore, you cannot fetch someone to the airport but you can fetch someone from the airport.
  
  Meanwhile, to send is to cause someone or something to go somewhere or to do something without the speaker going together with that which is being sent (e.g. to send a letter or a parcel). Hence, you cannot be sending your girlfriend home every night unless you are telling her: "Off you go; go straight home."
  
  Standard English Alternatives: take, etc. (depending on the context)
  
  e.g. I am taking him to the doctor's because he is quite sick.
  She took/accompanied him to the airport last night.
  He sees his girlfriend home every night
• kc_leung

  31 Oct 05, 00:46

  Originally posted by coffeeortea:

  lets just say, asians with poor english, mainly singaporeans

  erm... hong kongers are a close second, especially recently. and i'm a hong konger too
• DriftingGuy

  31 Oct 05, 00:50

  Originally posted by mystiv:
  [b]bring, fetch, send
  
  e.g. I am bringing him to the doctor's because he is quite sick.
  She fetched him to the airport last night.
  He sends his girlfriend home every night.
  
  With reference to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English (1995), the usage of these three words are as follows:
  
  To bring is to take or carry someone or something towards the direction of the person speaking. Hence, you cannot bring someone to the doctor's if you are going with the person. However, you can ask someone to bring you something.
  
  To fetch is to go to another place to get someone or something before bringing it back. Therefore, you cannot fetch someone to the airport but you can fetch someone from the airport.
  
  Meanwhile, to send is to cause someone or something to go somewhere or to do something without the speaker going together with that which is being sent (e.g. to send a letter or a parcel). Hence, you cannot be sending your girlfriend home every night unless you are telling her: "Off you go; go straight home."
  
  Standard English Alternatives: take, etc. (depending on the context)
  
  e.g. I am taking him to the doctor's because he is quite sick.
  She took/accompanied him to the airport last night.
  He sees his girlfriend home every night [/b]

  Eh your example also has a typo lei
  
• Aveme

  31 Oct 05, 00:50

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  ouh ok. just yday i watch a repeat of the show abt undergrads studying abroad.. i 4got the name... the woman said... i didnt watch it ah.. i was just hearing..
  
  "after i graduate, i would like to return to si-ngaaa-pore to work."
  
  that totally woke me up.
  
  moreover, nasi lomak/budok is rampant among my chinese friends. i taught them how to say it and a few days l8r, they go back to nasi lomak/budok.

  hmm just to confirm,is there like a different phonetic pronunciation for malay words?
  
  i would pronounce nasi lemak as Na See Ler mark,Bedok as Ber dok
  
  Maybe i could had being wrong all the time
• FireIce

  31 Oct 05, 00:53

  try CLEMENTI!
• sinicker

  31 Oct 05, 00:54

  Originally posted by Aveme:

  hmm just to confirm,is there like a different phonetic pronunciation for malay words?
  
  i would pronounce nasi lemak as Na See Ler mark,Bedok as Ber dok
  
  Maybe i could had being wrong all the time

  malay words.. just separate it up into the syllables and pronounce it like english.
  
  ur nasi lemak is alright.. ur bedok.. be-dok. no need the "ber".
  in pri sch, for my entire 6 years, everytime my chinese schmates say nasi lomak. in sec sch, they didnt sell nasi lemak so i had a break frm the mispronunciations. and then in jc, got nasi lemak and everytime my chinese schmates buy, they'll say nasi lomak!! haha.. i was spared for four years only.
  
  i cant think of any other malay words the chinese people would mispronounce at this time.
• sinicker

  31 Oct 05, 00:54

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  try CLEMENTI!

  ?
  
  cle-men-ti???
• Aveme

  31 Oct 05, 00:55

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  try CLEMENTI!

  so how is it pronounced as?
  
  i pronounced it as clam men ti.
  
  is it correct?
• Aveme

  31 Oct 05, 00:57

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  ?
  
  cle-men-ti???

  hmm so you pronounce it as clair men ti?
• sinicker

  31 Oct 05, 00:57

  and i would like to say that the MRT announcement is wrong!!!
  
  kembangan is kem-ba-ngan. not kem-bang-ngan.
• sinicker

  31 Oct 05, 00:57

  Originally posted by Aveme:

  hmm so you pronounce it as clair men ti?

  that's rite.
• Pitot

  31 Oct 05, 00:57

  i pronounce as cleh men tee
  
  But i think its cleh man tee?
• NuLife

  31 Oct 05, 02:18

  wtf. so many people fail english here?!?
  
• Pitot

  31 Oct 05, 02:20

  haha.. wad to do?
  
• alfagal

  31 Oct 05, 02:29

  Originally posted by X-men:

  There is not such word as IRREGARDLESS

  hee hee..
  
  isnt it supposed to be:
  There is NO such word as IRREGARDLESS
  
  same goes for Despite of....its actually despite....
  adequate enough...its actually adequate....
• Sleeping Forest

  31 Oct 05, 02:31

  Originally posted by X-men:

  There is not such word as IRREGARDLESS

  Only gt regardless.
• alfagal

  31 Oct 05, 02:31

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  cowek also got.

  Korlect also got
• DriftingGuy

  31 Oct 05, 02:34

  
  Is it therein or there in?
• sexiest_studin_world

  31 Oct 05, 02:50

  Originally posted by Honeybunz:

  Why do people keep using the word "Dateline", when it is supposed to be "Deadline"?
  
  "I have a dateline to meet"
  "Tomorrow is my project dateline"
  
  Deadline : The point in time at which something must be completed
  
  Dateline : An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
  
  It's very easy to remember the right word. My ex lecturer used to tell me this
  "Deadline.... If you don't complete your task by , you are dead!"

  if you looked carefully you would've seen it's mostly the chinese. their english is simply horrible in any part of the world. there is a good reason why they gave rise to that sh!tty cre0le called singl.ish.
  
  
• redstone

  31 Oct 05, 04:01

  Originally posted by dreamthinkdo_ers:

  How abt borrow and lend???
  Lives and stay???
  Ppl or Singaporeans tend to misue those too.

  You borrow money from John.
  John lends money to you.
  
  "Can you lend me some money?"
  "Can I borow some money from you?"
  ^Both are correct
  
  BUT not:
  "Can you borrow me some money?"
• redstone

  31 Oct 05, 04:08

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  and i would like to say that the MRT announcement is wrong!!!
  
  kembangan is kem-ba-ngan. not kem-bang-ngan.

  Another potential tongue twister is Clemenceau.
  As in Clemenceau Avenue.
  
  And might be Cavenagh. As in Cavenagh Road.
  
  Confirm most people would pronounce Gloucester Road and Worcester Road wrongly.
  
  Devonshire Road?
  
  And Balestier?
  Bear-lers-steer?
  Ber-les-steer?